Has anyone got an iPhone 16 yet?
iPhone 16
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$1,029 with 256G. I can put a lot of music on there…
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Is your current phone full? Is there much on there you haven't listened to in years and could be offloaded? Can you add a bigger memory card?$1,029 with 256G. I can put a lot of music on there…
I've never been big on upgrading phones regularly. I rarely take full advantage of the capabilities of what I have, so the features of new models usually have no appeal. I keep whatever I have until I break it or the operating system won't update, then buy one that's a version or two behind the latest release.
There's a lot of things I'd rather do with $1K. Just me.
My current phone is an 8. I have 11GBs of music but I'd like to add more.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Okay, never mind. I expect Apple will stop IOS updates for models that old soon, if they haven't already.
If money is an object, you might look at a 15.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
I upgraded from the 11 to the 15 last year for three reasons:
1.) Final year I could trade it in and get $700+ in credits.
2.) The iPhone 11 was the last iPhone without 5G.
3.) The iPhone 15 uses USB-C, a far superior standard to lightning for charging and for using other accessories.
I won't be upgrading anytime soon as there's no need. You can keep an iPhone for years and years.
1.) Final year I could trade it in and get $700+ in credits.
2.) The iPhone 11 was the last iPhone without 5G.
3.) The iPhone 15 uses USB-C, a far superior standard to lightning for charging and for using other accessories.
I won't be upgrading anytime soon as there's no need. You can keep an iPhone for years and years.
Purchased
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Thank the EU for that. They got tired of people trashing chargers and cables when they switched phones. If USB-C was good enough for everybody else, they told Apple to suck it up.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
It’s not gonna have the effect the EU thinks it will.
These phones can detect what brand cable is plugged in and limit charging and stuff.
My old Samsung would not charge if it wasn’t a Samsung brand cable and a Samsung brick or battery pack. I think they moved away from that but it was one of many things I hated about my Note8.
I know some of the lower end iPhone 15s limit the ability of the USB-C ports.
It’s not just about charging for me either. I can use my Shure XLR mic with my iPhone now with a basic adapter. Same with other accessories.
My old cords didn’t go to waste either since my Apple TV remote and my iPad both use lightning.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
What I'm going to miss most when I have to ditch my Samsung A15 is the physical 3.5mm audio jack.
I wear hearing aids and they're Bluetooth enabled. They work great with the phone in the morning when I'm exercising or working in the yard. The problem is when I go to take a shower, I forget the aids are in my ears. Too often I've started to get my head wet and had to scramble to get the aids out before they get soggy.
With a physical jack, it's almost impossible to forget the corded earbuds are in. Even if I somehow manage to do that, I won't care if the cheap things get wet.
I wear hearing aids and they're Bluetooth enabled. They work great with the phone in the morning when I'm exercising or working in the yard. The problem is when I go to take a shower, I forget the aids are in my ears. Too often I've started to get my head wet and had to scramble to get the aids out before they get soggy.
With a physical jack, it's almost impossible to forget the corded earbuds are in. Even if I somehow manage to do that, I won't care if the cheap things get wet.
I bought a pair of wired buds with my new iPhone.
Transferring data now from the old phone to the new... 
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Didn't the store offer to do that?Transferring data now from the old phone to the new...
It’s done. I could’ve had the store do it but these phones will transfer everything if you just set them next to each other and hit the prompts.
Planned obsolescence is capitalism at it's best. Keep up or get run tf over.
Scary feature about these iPhones. They transfer everything just being in the vicinity of another device. We already know that this technology is already being used by “law enforcement” and other government agencies.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I'm pretty sure you can disable that feature. I can on my Samsung, and I doubt it can do anything the Apple can't.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Eventually changes to the operating system will bypass the hardware capabilities. Staying up with OS changes is pretty much a requirement for security. (It's also how they fix mistakes introduced in the last update.)
Having obsolescence inflicted on you by the company is one thing. What I don't get is people who abandon devices they aren't taking full advantage of, just to pay for a new device they still won't leverage. 'Oooh, the new camera has 9 bazillion megapixels!' 'Dude, you never look at your photos on anything other than the phone's 7" screen.'
I love the new phone, so far. Easier to use, map app is great (I use it a lot at work.)
Lots of music storage. I had an issue with the music on my phone syncing with my two PCs. I looked for answers on the Apple community forums but there were no solutions. I kept at it for a couple of days and figured out a work-around.
Really nice phone.
Lots of music storage. I had an issue with the music on my phone syncing with my two PCs. I looked for answers on the Apple community forums but there were no solutions. I kept at it for a couple of days and figured out a work-around.
Really nice phone.
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Saw an article today that $pple is adding a "minutes until fully charged" indicator. Last i checked, Android has had that since...2015? if not earlier?
I set mine to optimum charge so that it waits until a certain time to fully charge. They’ve had this functionality for several OS updates.
My last phone (iPhone 8) was a gift from someone. It had very little storage.
I got plenty this time. I waited way too long to upgrade.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I keep very little on my phone. While I do have all of Jimmy Buffett on there, I listen to more podcasts than music and those get dumped after I've listened to them. I have so few apps that everything I use fits on one screen. There are maybe a dozen pictures.